Nameservers are provided by web hosts and it is most essential part of any website visibility on the web or internet.

Nameserver allows you to decide which hosting company controls your webspace and email.

Nameservers are part of DNS, which stands for “Domain Name System.” The DNS is a database that works like a phone book for computers.

A nameserver is a high powered computer (also called servers) that is permanently connected to the Internet and as a part of DNS it assists in translating domain names into IP addresses and vice versa.

So, What is Nameserver?

A name server is a web server that has DNS software installed on it, mainly a server that is managed by a web host that is particularly selected for managing the domain names that are associated with all of the hosting provider’s accounts.

How does A2 Hosting Nameservers and DNS Management System Works?

Following steps define how A2 Hosting Nameserver and DNS Management System works:

You enter the domain name into the browser, for example: “www.smoothincome.com”.

Your browser uses DNS to look up to the Nameservers to locate www.smoothincome.com.

The A2 Hosting Nameservers are retrieved, for example: ns2.a2hosting.com and ns3.a2hosting.com

Your browser uses the A2 Hosting Nameservers to look up to the IP address for www.smoothincome.com.

Your browser gets IP address as a response, for example “75.98.175.110” for www.smoothincome.com

Your browser sends a request to 75.98.175.110 to reach the specific page you are trying to view.

The A2 Hosting web server where the website is hosted will send the requested page to your browser.

Whenever you enter a domain into the browser, nameservers provide the IP address of the domain to your browser. If the DNS didn’t exist then you would have to memorize strings of numbers for every website you wanted to visit.

A2 Hosting Nameservers

A2 Hosting shared hosting accounts uses the following as their name servers:

ns1.a2hosting.com

ns2.a2hosting.com

ns3.a2hosting.com

ns4.a2hosting.com

Every web site has atleast two nameservers to which it is pointed, and this process must be done by the webmaster upon purchasing a domain and a hosting account.

Almost all domain registrars provide a control panel where you can manage a domain’s name server settings. For detail information on how to set up a domain’s name server settings to work with A2 Hosting’s servers, you can check the below article:

“When you change a domain’s name server settings, you must specify at a minimum a primary name server and a secondary name server. This ensures that there is at least one alternate server available to provide DNS information about your site if one of the servers is unavailable.

The correct name servers for your domain depend on the type of account you have, and which A2 Hosting server hosts your account. The Welcome e-mail you received when you became an A2 Hosting customer provides the name servers that you should use for your account.”Source

When you change a domain’s name server settings, it generally takes 24 to 48 hours until the changes take full effect.